together

/tə'geðə/

Thân thiện

The family eats dinner together at the table.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • In or into one group, gathering, or place: Used to indicate people or things being with each other or assembled.
   • In or into contact, connection, or union: Used to indicate things being joined, mixed, or in proximity.
   • At the same time; simultaneously: Used to indicate actions occurring concurrently.
   • In cooperation or partnership: Used to indicate joint action or effort.
   • Without interruption; in succession: Used to indicate consecutive time periods.

2. Adjective (informal):

   • Emotionally stable and well-organized; self-possessed: Used to describe a person who is confident and in control.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • Let's work together on this project. (Indicates cooperation)
  • The pages were stuck together. (Indicates contact/union)
  • We all arrived together. (Indicates being in one group/at the same time)
  • It rained for three days together. (Indicates consecutive time)

• Adjective:

  • She's a very together person. (Describes emotional stability)

Advanced Usage

• "together with": In addition to; along with.

  • The bill, together with the proposed amendments, was passed.

• "get it together" (idiomatic): To become organized or emotionally stable.

  • He needs to get it together before the big presentation.

• "put together" (phrasal verb): To assemble or construct.

  • We put together the furniture last night.

Variants and Related Words

• Altogether (adverb): Completely, entirely, or on the whole.
  • That is an altogether different problem.

Synonyms

• Jointly: In cooperation or shared action.
• Simultaneously: At the same time.
• Consecutively: In unbroken sequence.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Band together: To unite for a common purpose.
  • The community banded together after the storm.
• Come together: To assemble or reconcile.
  • The team needs to come together to win.
• Pull together: To cooperate, especially in a difficult situation.
  • We must pull together to get through this crisis.

Related Idioms

• "Together we stand, divided we fall": A proverb meaning unity gives strength.
• "Have it all together": To be very organized and competent.
  • She really has it all together—career, family, everything.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. mentally and emotionally stable
   • she's really together

Adverb

1. with a common plan
   • act in concert
2. with cooperation and interchange
   • we worked together on the project
3. at the same time
   • we graduated together
4. in each other's company
   • we went to the movies together
   • the family that prays together stays together
5. assembled in one place
   • we were gathered together
6. in contact with each other or in proximity
   • the leaves stuck together

Từ đồng nghĩa

• in concert
• unitedly